HELENA – The Montana Supreme Court handed down a decision Tuesday holding that PPL Montana, LLC must pay the State of Montana nearly $41 million for past use of the riverbeds of the Clark Fork, Missouri and Madison Rivers to generate hydroelectric power. The Court also confirmed the State’s authority to rent these lands in…

HELENA –Motor Vehicle Division Administrator Brenda Nordlund announced Monday that, beginning next week, March 29, the Missoula driver exam station and its travel station in Superior will switch to scheduled customer appointments.…

AG presents Montana’s, national comments on competition in agriculture ANKENY, IOWA – Montana Attorney General Steve Bullock testified Friday at the first ever joint workshop of the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Department of Agriculture on competition and regulatory issues in the agriculture industry.…

HELENA – Attorney General Steve Bullock, who oversees the Montana Office of Consumer Protection, announced Friday that he has scheduled consumer protection listening sessions around the state for next week.…

Lewis & Clark County to begin Pilot Program for anyone arrested for 2nd or subsequent DUI HELENA – Attorney General Steve Bullock joined Helena and Lewis & Clark County officials on Thursday to announce a new program they hope will reduce both the number of drunk drivers on the road and the number of alcohol-related…

Trust funded by $13M settlement HELENA – Joined by leaders from the mental health and law enforcement communities, Attorney General Steve Bullock announced Thursday that he has settled a lawsuit with a major pharmaceutical company that will provide millions of dollars for mental health services and programs in the State of Montana.…

HELENA – Attorney General Steve Bullock on Friday announced that, under the terms of a settlement between his office and Countrywide, 79 Montana consumers who lost their homes to the foreclosure of Countrywide home loans will receive checks for $3,129 within the next few days.…

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